Yes, I read through #5. I liked them just fine as light reading (although #5 was awash with boring 2-dimensional side characters), and there was a sentimental bond with my sister over reading a couple of the books aloud to each other (other books we read to each other included Good Omens and Slaughterhouse-Five). But they're just not all that great compared to other things that kids could read and relate to just as easily (Diane Duane's Wizard series comes to mind, and has a ton more depth), and I hate when something that's OK but not brilliant is touted as brilliant. I read a lot of YA literature, actually. I love a lot of it. Wouldn't it be great, though, to see more talented writers with better stories to tell get this kind of attention? I'm tired of the craze. It's shallow and media-fueled.